Please
note: the words and symbols below refer to the British English sounds.
They
are only provided for comparison. Many of the South African sounds
are quite different!

the,
letter, calendar,
a, madam, nation

bird,
heard, herd,
world, were, curl,
girl

beat,
seat, sheet, receive,
brief, the (before
vowels)

bit,
kit, mint, hill, hymn

bet,
let, set

air,
where, there,
their, they're,
hair, care

bat,
cat, hat, add, madam

but,
some, mother, come, other, thorough

bad,
mad, sad, glad, ma'am

cart,
heart, arm, radar

should,
good, would, could, wood

shoe,
to, two, too, you, who, sue, through

cot,
hot, got, on

caught, bought,
all, sport, war,
poor, or, raw,
roar

A
final note: "to", "the", and "at", "from"
and "for"are pronounced as above, except at the end of a phrase,
in which case the 'strong' form (Eg 'to' rhyming with 'shoe') may be used.
The strong forms of "the" (rhyming with "tea") and "to"
may also be used before a vowel.